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PATENTED FEB. 23, 1904.

R. WALES. y ARM ADJUSTMENT FOR MITER CUTTING MACHINES.

APPLIOATION FILI- ZD DEG. 29. 1903.

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PATENTED FEB. 23, 1904. R WALES. 'ARM ADJUSTMENT FOR MITER. CUTTINGMACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29, 1903.

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Patented February 23, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT WALES, OF DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND.

ARM ADJUSTMENT FOR MlTER-CUTTING MACHINES.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,730, dated February23, 1904.

Application filed December 29, 1903. Serial No. 187,035. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT WALES, engineer, of Dunedin, New Zealand,have invented a certain new and useful Improved Arm Adjustment for MiterCutting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple parallel adjustmentvertically and horizontally in one movement for one of the arms of amiter-cutting machine in which pieces of molding are held crossed and inparallel This object is effected by raising the arm in an inclinedplane, which will give the required adjustment with sufficient accuracyfor all practical purposes.

The invention consists of the features and combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings the same numerals of reference indicate thesame or similar parts.

Figure l is a plan of part of a miteringmachine comprising a base-piece,rests,and the parallel adjustment apparatus. Fig. 2 is an elevation ofFig. 1, showing the relation of the parts to a bench. r

1 and 2 represent rests upon which the moldings required to be cut areplaced. Rest 1 is fixed onto the base-piece 3,with its under surfaceresting on the bench. The rest 2 has brackets 4 and 5 attached to itsback 6 at a particular angle determined according to the 3 at an angleequal to the angle at which the brackets 4 and 5 are secured to the backof the rests. The brackets are bored out and the columns are turned sothat they are a perfect sliding fit. A screw 9 has its point inserted ina boss 11, and the nut 10 has its upper surface in contact with theunder surface of a bracket 12, secured to the back of the rest 2.Revolving the screw 9 causes the nut to travel upward, carrying the rest2 with it until the rest is adjustedto the depth required to permit themoldings to pass each other at 13. The arm 2 will then have traveledtoward the saw in an inclined plane, so that the edges 14 and 15 of themoldings will enter the saw nearly simultaneously.

Having now described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a miter-cutting machine of the class described mechanism forraising one of the arms in an inclined plane substantially as and forthe purposes set forth. a

2. In a miter-cutting machine of the class described a rest,-bracketsattached at an angle to the back thereof, a base-piece, columns securedthereto at said angle and slidable in said brackets, a threaded bracketon said rest, and a screw therein substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

ROBERT WALES. Witnesses:

A. J. PARK, EDITH W. BoTHAMBY.

